Policing to receive £1.1 billion boost

Home secretary Priti Patel has announced that policing will receive a funding boost of up to £1.1 billion next year to “drive down crime and deliver safer streets for all”.

Policing minister Kit Malthouse said: “Beating crime is the government’s number one priority, and I am confident this settlement will give the police the resources they need to keep our families and our communities safe.”

The move was welcomed by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for finance, Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, who said: “We welcome the certainty provided to policing by the recent multi-year settlement, and investment in additional officers.

“The confirmation of funding announced today will allow forces to focus additional resources into tackling priority crime areas for the public, such as targeting those that perpetrate violence against women and girls, county lines drug gangs and serious violent crime.”